Train started from Hyderabad station but did not reach the next station, i.e, Secunderabad,on time. It reached Nellore more than one hour late. Instead of 4.25 am it reached at 5.40 am.

It seems Charminar express, though it is a super fast express, always reaches the destination very late. Railway authorities, esp South Central Railway, should take interest in this regard and see that the train reaches on time. The departure time is convenient to everybody, but timings are not maintained properly.

I had stayed at Hotel Athidhi, as I went to Nellore to attend a conference. The hotel is located in an important locality and is accessible to many areas in Nellore. The stay at the hotel was comfortable and the staff was courteous. However due to some other functions being arranged in the...more »

The train starts at 9 am from Bangalore City station. I could have breakfast at home and board the train. From Bangalore station itself the garden on the side can be enjoyed yellow and red flowers along with white fragrant lilies come for little distance. White field, Bangarpet, a junction for KGF brought a lot of memories. Will the gold mines be reopened. How are the workers rehabilitated - discussed with fellow travelers.

Soon Yelagiri hills is seen on the right side. The hairpin bend road leading to the top of hill unwinds from the left side to right as the train bends. Coconut trees travel along. At Vellore the engineering college's huge premises and young boys walking in side walk way. The Palar bridge is huge but there is no water in the river. Before Chennai central station comes Basin Bridge junction where there is a temple on the platform.

Huge stadium with many lights leads the train to a long yard of central station. The yard is full of railway inventory. Beyond Chennai, it is paddy fields. Of course 'nellu' of Nellore means paddy. Lakes with coots on the left side of the train are enjoyable. It is time for enjoying sunset. I come out of AC and stand near the door till it sets. Nellore station has both escalator (locals call it as lift) and ramp.

I stayed for 3 days to attend a conference. Though many hotels have wheel chair, it was inaction here. An old woman was taken from the car to the room, next morning I saw her with her extended family at the breakfast buffet.

I enjoyed a lot travelling by train, I mainly wanted to say that Chennai Central Station is probably the nicest Railway Station in the whole of India! It has ample seating for anyone waiting for a train, and best of all there are quite a few shops and food stalls - there was even a bookshop selling Classics!

I stayed at the Park Hyatt hotel, for 2 days, for my friends marriage. The hotel is grand and western type. Personally I loved my room, which was standard, with King size bed, lots of space, quite chic, a huge window with plenty of light into the room, artistic design.

Superb train journey with great feeling. We can see lot of places and we can meet number of people in the train with different cultures and regions. People from different regions will become your friends and some will become your good friends in this train.

During night, people who are travelling in trains donít maintain tranquil atmosphere in the trains to get good sleep. Sleeping a couple of hours is a nightmare, because passengers will switch on the light and they keep on moving throughout the night, getting at their destinations in the middle of the night with much noise causing so much disturbance to the sleeping people. One of the worst thing in trains is talking loudly, with each other or through phones as if they are in their own homes. Loud cell phone ring tones are annoying. There are endless problems in the train.

We had a good journey by train and felt really chilled on the way. We boarded at Nellore station in the morning at around 4:30; I got into my coach and got my seat. I had a hot coffee on the way. The train next reached the Gudur Junction. I had taken breakfast which was fantastic.

Itís an awesome travelling to Kerala by train and all the way passing from Andhra, Tamil Nadu we reached Kerala. Scenic beauties of mountains greenery made a very joyful trip with all my friends. We had fun playing with co-passengers. Enjoy good food provided by IRCTC. Over all we enjoyed a lot.

I went for Pinakini Express and this train is perfect on time. It has a pantry car facility for less distance also. Within three hours I reached Nellore from Chennai. In this train only two classes were available chair car AC and chair car normal. I travelled by AC chair car. Toilets were clean in AC class and food service was available.